Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
24.5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Vegetation here is an open, very lush oak-hickory forest occupying apparently deep, loamy soils in a gentle gap on the Blue Ridge crest. A dense, multi-tiered herb layer is dominated by coarse forbs (e.g., Cimicifuga racemosa, Collinsonia canadensis, Laportea canadensis, Thalictrum coriaceum) over low colonies of Asarum canadense.
Plot location: just S of Skyline Drive at a point < 0.1 mi. W of parking area at Gravel Springs Gap.